Maria Ross is the founder of Red Slice, a marketing and brand agency, that helps brands to create unforgetable stories that will make them resonate with their clients.

Prior to founding Red Slice, Mrs. Ross crafted branding and marketing strategies for Silicon Valley start-ups, global software firms, Internet companies, entertainment powerhouses and consumer businesses — including Business Objects (an SAP company), Discovery Networks and Monster.com — and created communication and training strategies for Fortune 1000 clients at Accenture. 

In addition to running her business, Maria is the author of Branding Basics for Small Business: How to Create an Irresistible Brand on Any Budget, 2nd Edition (2014, Norlights Press) and 

Rebooting My Brain: How a Freak Aneurysm Reframed My Life (2012, Red Slice Press).

Mrs. Ross has appearances on media outlets including Entrepreneur Magazine, ABCNews, Forbes.com and the Huffington Post.